Meaning & use
grafting
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Joining a shoot or bud from one plant onto another so they grow together, or transplanting tissue from one part of a body to another.
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The orchardist is grafting apple scions onto sturdy rootstock this spring.
Surgeons repaired the burn victim's skin by grafting tissue from another part of his body.
A note on using this word
In British informal usage, "grafting" can also mean working hard, as in "he's out there grafting every day," a sense unrelated to the horticultural meaning.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
British informal: working hard or diligently.
She's been grafting nonstop to get the business off the ground.
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